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Receipt from Lee & Cressy, (Funeral and Furnishing Undertakers) to the estate of Martha P. Smith for $429.

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A mourning bonnet belonging to Elizabeth (Leach) Whitney. The mourning bonnet is purple and black, and was worn during times of mourning at wakes and funerals.

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008.091.073 - Program

A program from A Liturgy in Thanksgiving for the Life of William Dodge Cowles, who was born July 16, 1920 and dies July 18, 2003. The service was held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church on 4 Ocean Street in Beverly, Massachusetts on July 21, 2003 at 11:30 A.M. The program consists of the burial service schedule, Psalms, Hymns and Prayers. Participants in the Liturgy were organist Michael P. Salvatore and Officiant Reverend Manuel P. Faria III.

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015.001.001 - Church Truck

A folding church truck used in funerals with panels at each end that fold out and have rubber bumpers on top to secure the casket. This type of church truck was popular until the early 1930s when an accordion-like church truck was used.

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015.001.002 - Case, Instrument

A leather case used to hold an embalming kit. The case holds two embalming jars. The embalming kit includes two embalming jars, a fluid hose, a hand pump, spring forceps, two injector needle, a draining tube and a surgical spatula. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts.

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015.001.003 - Jar, Specimen

A glass jar used in the method of embalming. The jar was used to collect the body's fluids. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.004 - Jar, Specimen

A glass jar used in the method of embalming. The jar was used to collect the body's fluids. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.005 - Tube, Blood-collecting

A rubber fluid hose used in the method of embalming. The fluid hose was connected to the hand pump, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.006 - Pump, Hand

A metal hand pump used in the method of embalming. The hand pump was connected to the fluid hose, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.007 - Forceps

Metal spring forceps used in the method of embalming. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.008 - Needle, Blood-collecting

A metal injector needle used in the method of embalming. The injector needle was connected to the fluid hose and injected into the body to drain the fluids, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.009 - Needle, Blood-collecting

A metal injector needle used in the method of embalming. The injector needle was connected to the fluid hose and injected into the body to drain the fluids, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.010 - Tube, Blood-collecting

A metal draining tube used in the method of embalming. The draining tube was connected to the fluid hose and the needle injected into the body to drain the fluids, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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015.001.011 - Spatula, Surgical

A plastic surgical spatula used in the method of embalming. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.

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15290 - Letter

A letter to Hannah Rantoul from Mollie Johnson informing Hannah of the death of her mother and the time and place of the funeral in Portsmouth, New Hamshire.

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